Plus teaching, professional development(s), interviewing, mom duties, and all other life roles.

Yes! You read that correctly - InterViewing!!! BooHoo!!

Good news is - our house sold in 5 days!!!

Never would have dreamed that would happen.

Now we are busy making plans for a move to the Rhode Island/Massachusetts area - where this weekend they are having a blizzard with around 24 inches of snow!! How ever will I adjust to this kind of weather?!? Yikes!!

Okay, on to more important, school related news!

I have created a new "I Can...Student Tracker" packet available on TpT. It includes several student tracking sheets with a graphing section. Click here to see my previous post on "I Can..." statements.

My students love getting out their clipboards and documenting their scores. They love comparing their new scores to previous ones. I try to give pretests and then a post-test.

Here are some of the responses my class made about student trackers:

As you can see they feel empowered and so smart when they get to compare a pre and post test! I love using the forms for formative assessment/exit tickets. I can see their work, their self-evaluations, and I can make personalized comments all in one spot.

TimeOuts and Tootsie Rolls

Why did I choose the blog title "Time outs and Tootsie Rolls?"

First of all I was looking for something catchy. Second, I connect to time outs and to tootsie rolls. Time outs: well we all need to take a time out every once in awhile - kids, teachers, moms. Tootsie Rolls: I learned in a workshop on Differentiated Instruction presented by LeAnn Nickelsen that I am a "Tootsie Roll."

What does that mean? I like to have a good time while learning! That's me! Don't present things in a boring way, you will quickly lose me. Lastly, it represents me as a teacher and a mom! When in doubt take a time out and eat a tootsie roll!